World From Africa Archives - Page 13 of 33

Is There a Cap on the Number of Black Players that Can be Fielded in England’s Team?

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Deschamps, English Premier League, Euros, France, Germany, Qatar, Southgate, UK, World CupNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura I’ve just done a systematic comparison of the England teams in the Euros of 2021 and this current World Cup. It confirms my casual observation yesterday that there seems to... Read more

The Absence of Black Players in the Argentine Team is Enigmatic

Posted By: adminon: December 04, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Afro-Argentine, Métisse, President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Whitening3 CommentsViews:

In the age of inclusivity, Argentina’s one-culture national team is bound to come under interrogation by those who have vast affective investment in sports, particularly soccer as Dr.... Read more

African Countries Told to Prioritise Return of Stolen Assets to the Original Victims

Posted By: adminon: November 13, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: No CommentsViews:

Governments, anti-graft and law enforcement agencies on the African continent have been told to prioritise returning stolen assets back to the original owners of such assets from whom they w... Read more

Fake Cough Syrup Scandal in The Gambia Sends Fears Across West Africa, Especially Huge Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: October 09, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: BBC, Egypt, Garri, NDLEA, NIGERIA, Semovita, The GambiaNo CommentsViews:

The BBC is reporting what could become another public health crisis in West Africa given the similarity of attitudes, pharmaceutical network and institutional norms across the region. It is... Read more

The King and the He-Goat

Posted By: adminon: September 27, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: (Atlantic) Slave Trade, British Monarchy, Colonialism, Empire, Princess Dianna, Queen Elizabeth 11No CommentsViews:

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq A fortnight ago, England literarily came to a standstill in two unique events, complimentary and opposite: the transition of Queen Elizabeth II and the investiture and c... Read more

Dr. Yusuf Bangura Engages ‘History’ in Lisbon

Posted By: adminon: September 14, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Colonialism, History, Lisbon, Potugal, Siera Leone, Stalin, Vasco da GamaNo CommentsViews:

Was it not Stalin who said something like History being so important to be left to historians? Both his critics as well as admirers would concede that he knew what he was speaking about. Whi... Read more

The Bridge That Can Tell the Future

Posted By: adminon: August 22, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, CHINA, IMF, Xinhua, ZambiaNo CommentsViews:

The cover picture is from Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, featuring President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia in Southern Africa (third from right). He was on tour of the Kafue Bulk Water Supply P... Read more

William Ruto, the Making of an Image Breaker?

Posted By: adminon: August 16, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Elite pact, ethnic conflict, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenya elections, Kenya post-election violence, KenyaVotes2022, Peace and Security, Peacebuilding, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, US presidents, William RutoNo CommentsViews:

Presidential elections have become a source of apprehension because they have tended to degenerate into violence. The 2022 election has not been free of its own share of rancor. Fortunately,... Read more

Urban Riots Across Sierra Leone Trigger Fears of a West African Spring (Or Is It Summer?)

Posted By: adminon: August 11, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Arab Spring, Freetown, GWOT, NIGERIA, Sierra Leone, ‘African condition’No CommentsViews:

Urban riots which kicked off peacefully last Monday have reached violent crescendo as for the government to clamp curfew on the country. Curfew is now running from 7 pm to 7 am unlike when i... Read more

Democracy, Populism or Revolution: Options Towards A New World Order

Posted By: adminon: August 05, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: #EndSARS, Arab Spring, BLM, CHINA, Churchill, Peter Drucker, Russia, The Bastille Prison, The Rajapaska dynasty, the “Butcher of the Congo”, Trumpism, “Yellow Vest”No CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki The storming of the Presidential Palace in Colombo by thousands of Sri Lankans last month brings to mind the historic storming of the Bastille Prison outside Paris... Read more